Foreign tourists entering the United States may soon be required to provide their social media histories from the past five years, as well as their family members’ names and addresses, in order to obtain a travel authorization.

However, Canadian citizens would not be affected by the proposed changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program.

Visitors to the U.S. from nearly four dozen visa-exempt nations — including the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and Israel — need to apply for an ESTA before entering the country.

The new rules, if approved, would add social media disclosure as “a mandatory data element for an ESTA application,” according to the notice published Wednesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Secur

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